Early-Career Award Interview Panel

This panel interviews candidates shortlisted for Wellcome Early-Career Awards.

Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.

Members 

Professor Ewan Pearson (co-Chair)

University of Dundee

Professor Caroline Relton (co-Chair)

University of Bristol

Professor Sarah Walmsley (co-Chair)

University of Edinburgh

Dr Angela Woods (co-Chair)

Durham University

Professor Gordon Awandare

University of Ghana, Ghana

Dr Calum Bain

University of Edinburgh

Dr Alexandra Bamji

University of Leeds

Dr Carlo Caduff

King's College London

Dr Atlanta Cook

University of Edinburgh

Dr Maren Engelhardt

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Professor Rashida Ferrand

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Professor Nick Gilbert

University of Edinburgh

Dr Diane Gray

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Fiona Gribble

University of Cambridge

Professor Vanessa Grotti

European University Institute

Dr Katie Hampson

University of Glasgow

Dr Pia Hardelid

University College London

Professor Sarah Hawkes

University College London

Dr Shane Herbert

University of Manchester

Professor Clare Jolly

University College London

Dr Sharon Kaur

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Dr Laura Kelly

University of Strathclyde

Professor Zoe Kourtzi

University of Cambridge

Professor Catherine Molyneux

University of Oxford

Professor Serge Mostowy

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Professor Andrew Prendergast

Queen Mary University of London

Professor Elena Seiradake

University of Oxford

Professor Dora Vargha

University of Exeter

Professor Helen Weiss

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Dr Ros Williams

University of Sheffield

Professor David Withers

University of Birmingham

Dr Elton Zeqiraj

University of Leeds

Professor Kirsten Donald

University of Cape Town, South Africca

Dr Thushan De Silva

University of Sheffield 

Dr Armin Lak

University of Oxford 

Professor Rickie Patani

Francis Crick Institute 

Dr Georgia Perona-Wright

University of Glasgow 

Dr Sukhvir Wright

Aston University 

Dr Rebecca Lacey

University College London 

Professor Henrik Salje

Cambridge University 

Professor Gary Mirams

University of Nottingham 

Dr Binyam Mogessie

Yale University, US

Professor Eleftheria Zeggini

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Dr Paul Huang

The Institute of Cancer Research

Professor Leanne Hodson

University of Oxford 

Professor Susannah Dunachie

University of Oxford 

Dr Emily Gwyer Findlay

University of Southampton 

Managers 

Sharon James

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

Katherine McCurrie

Team Manager, Funding Management

Wellcome Trust

Anna Myat

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

Helena Wells

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

We expect members to comply with our Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF 137KB].